Coffin-handle



(No Model.)

L.'H. WILLIAMS.

CO'PFIN HANDLE.

No. 479,044. PatentedJuly 19, 1892.

Nrrn LINUS II'wILLIAMs, or AKRON, oHIo.

COFFIN-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 479,044, dated July 19,1892.

Application filed May 24, 1892. Serial No. 434,201. (No model.)

` .To @ZZ whom t mag/ concerm Be it known that I, LINUS H. WILLIAMS, acitizen ofthe United States, residing at Akron, in the county of'Suminitand State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inCoffin-Handles, of which the following is a specification. p

My invention has relation to improvements in the construction of thedrop-arm and joint and the means of connecting it and the plate orescutcheon to the coffin or casket.

The object of my invention is to secure great strength in the joint, toconceal the joint from sight, to provideV for rigidly attaching it tothe coffin or casket Y by a single bolt, which shall also retain theescutcheon, and generally to simplify the construction, reduce thenumbe'r of parts, and produce a handle of greatV beauty.

-To the aforesaid` objects my invention consists in the peculiar andvnovel construction,

arrangement, and combination of parts, as

hereinafter described, and then specifically pointed out in the claims,reference being had` Fig; 4 a horizontal section at the line Z Z.

The drop-arm 1 consists of a core 2 of wrought or malleable cast metal,having at one end a ring 3 and at the other the central member 4 ofaknuckle-joint, beyond which it extends in a short finger 5, having aflat face parallel with the core and in line with the center of thepivot-hole of the member 4. Upon and covering all but the member 4 iscast white metal or other desired metal, giving the exterior the desiredornamental shape, the upper part being quadro-spherical above and infront of the upper quadrant of the member 4. This member 4 fits betweenopposite members G, terminating in an abrupt shoulder 7, from whichextends a screwthreaded shaft8,on which mesh two nuts 9 10,

The plate 11 of any desired pattern has a cen-- tral ornamental hollowboss 12, in which is an opening conforming at the top to the sphericalportion of the arm 1, and at the sides of the opening two earsconforming to the member of the knuckle-joint and fitting correspondingrecesses in the handle. Back of and across the lower part of the boss 12is a diaphragm 13, through which is an opening to receive the shaft 8.

The parts are assembledV by joining the members 4 and 6 of theknuckle-joint by a pivot, then passing the shaft 8 and knucklejointthrough the opening in the boss until the shoulder 7 rests against thefront of the diaphragm 13, and the nut 9 screwed up against its oppositeface, thereby retaining the handle and escutcheon 1l together, the partsbeing so adj ust-ed that the ears on the sides of the boss, openingsimultaneously, press slightly against the corresponding recesses in thesides of the handle 1,the thickness of the nut 9 being such as to haveits inner face iiush with the inner face of the escutcheon. The shaft Sis then passed through a hole in the side 14 of the coffin and the nut10 screwed up tightly, thereby securing the whole to the side ofthecoffin, the nut 9 forming an abut- V.ment for the nut 10 to draw againstand relieving the escutcheon from the strain. By this arrangement allscrews and screw-heads are avoided, and the escutcheons can be made muchlighter, as they do not bear the strain of the handle, which is borneentirely by the shaft 8, and the face of the finger 5, encountering thetop of the members 6, is more securely braced against further turningupward 0f the handle than if the plate constitued the abutment.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. In acoftin-handle, a screw-threaded shaft and a handle pivotallyconnected therewith, combined with two nuts meshing on said shaft, oneto form an adjustable abutment for the other to draw against,substantially as shown.

2. In a cofin handle, an arm having a knuckle-joint member, and a fingerprojecting beyond said member, and an escutcheon having a hollow bosswith an opening to receive, t, and conceal the jointed part of said arm,and a diaphragm back of said boss, combined with a screw-threaded shafthaving knuckle-joint members to receive said arm member, a shoulder toengage said diaphragm, and a nut to attach the Whole to aeofn,substantially as shown and described.

3. In a comu-handle, the combination of a screw-threaded shaft havingknuckle-joint members and two nuts meshing on its screwthreaded portion,an arm having a knucklej oint member pivoted to the members of saidshaft, and a projecting nger to engage the upper part of said shaftmembers when the arm is rocked upward, and an escuteheon having a bosswith an opening to receive and conceal the joint of the handle andshaft, and a diaphragm to engage the back ot the joint members of saidshaft, substantially as shown 15 and described.

In testimony that I claim the above I hereunto set my hand.

LINUS ll. WILLI AMS. In presence of C. E. HUMPHREY, C. I. HUMPHREY.

